Adam Cavaliere
07-28-2008, 10:30 AM
Since I know I enjoy reading the stories of "wish I didn't do that" on here, I figured I share with you guys my experience yesterday.
First of all, I have realized what I did was stupid and I should have used a different tool. It won't happen again, and I am thankful that I didn't lose any fingers!
I had a small 2x2 piece of wood that wasn't fitting in place correctly, so I needed to shave off just 1/16 of the wood to get it to fit better. I figured if I was super careful and kept my fingers all the way on the edge of the piece of wood I could use my chop saw.
Well... it so happens I didn't have the strength to hold that piece of wood down with only my index finger and thumb. :o The chop saw shot that piece of wood back against the wall, which then ricocheted of and shot up to my shop light overhead. Within a split second of me losing the piece of wood, there was an explosion above my head with glass raining down. :eek:
I held my breath and walked out of my garage to let everything settle. I figured I didn't want to be breathing in mercury or any glass shards. It took me about a half hour to clean up my mess and really think about how stupid I was! Thankfully the shop vac really does a good job of cleaning all of that up!
As I began working again I felt an itch on my head. I started to scratch it and realized I was picking out a piece of glass. I then realized there was more glass in my scalp. I took out the shop vac once again and went to town on my head. What a crazy feeling that is!
Anyone else have any stories of shop lights exploding?
First of all, I have realized what I did was stupid and I should have used a different tool. It won't happen again, and I am thankful that I didn't lose any fingers!
I had a small 2x2 piece of wood that wasn't fitting in place correctly, so I needed to shave off just 1/16 of the wood to get it to fit better. I figured if I was super careful and kept my fingers all the way on the edge of the piece of wood I could use my chop saw.
Well... it so happens I didn't have the strength to hold that piece of wood down with only my index finger and thumb. :o The chop saw shot that piece of wood back against the wall, which then ricocheted of and shot up to my shop light overhead. Within a split second of me losing the piece of wood, there was an explosion above my head with glass raining down. :eek:
I held my breath and walked out of my garage to let everything settle. I figured I didn't want to be breathing in mercury or any glass shards. It took me about a half hour to clean up my mess and really think about how stupid I was! Thankfully the shop vac really does a good job of cleaning all of that up!
As I began working again I felt an itch on my head. I started to scratch it and realized I was picking out a piece of glass. I then realized there was more glass in my scalp. I took out the shop vac once again and went to town on my head. What a crazy feeling that is!
Anyone else have any stories of shop lights exploding?